“And thank you to all the Chinese people here. It’s for China. It’s for me.”

Wu squandered six championship points in the eighth game of the second set before taking the title on his seventh opportunity when Geller swatted a forehand wide after 80 minutes.

“That was tough. My hand was shaking,” Wu said. “The only thing I can try to do is recover after that. I think I do well in the second service game.”

The doubles took its toll on Wu during the fortnight as well.

“I’m a little bit tired from the doubles,” Wu said. “I just hoped to do my best. I just (attacked) the return and tried to do more rallies. I’m trying to give him pressure and try to cover with my volley.”

The only other Asian player to take the US Open boys title was India’s Leander Paes in 1991.

Asked about his career goals, Wu didn’t jump into an obvious reply about becoming Asia’s first men’s singles Grand Slam champion.

Wu trains in China for Asian events and in Spain for European events. He heads back to his homeland Monday for a Challenger event.

“I play against second seed I think,” Wu said. “I’ll try my best.”

Geller, who plans to attend Stanford University, also lost in this year’s Wimbledon boys final.

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